50% of TX sellers who undertake home improvement projects sell within 3 months,
$2,470 is the medium amount spent on home improvement projects,
$990 – medium amount spent on home improvements for homes priced UNDER $100,000,
$3640 – median amount spent on improvements by sellers of homes priced $300,000-499,999,
$20,690 – median aound spent by sellers of homes priced $500,000 & over
READY TO MOVE INTO & pricing appear to be the key to selling a home in a reasonable amount
of time. Having some taste in the improvements is important & hire some help to do that, if
need be.
throughout the country to build green houses – NOT necessarily a place to put plants, but a
home that is ENERGY EFFICIENT. The builder can accrue points in 7 categories:
water,
energy & resource efficiency,
lot & site development,
indoor environmental quality,
global impact,
homeowner education
Program set forth by the National Association of Home Builders.
The key is keeping our hot summer sun out and the warm winter sun in.
HOUSTON is the first large U. S. city to accept the 7 point challenge. Also promoted by the
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
according to the latest report from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. TX
non-farm employment rose 2.2%, but national was 0.9% from December 2006 to December 2007.
States mining industry ranked 1st, followed by professional & business services, the leisure &
hospitality industry & the financial activities industry.
All TX metro areas has positive employment growth rates during the above period, with
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission first, followed by Tyler, Austin-Round Rock & Brownsville-Harlingen.
Midland had lowest unemployment rate, followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa & College Station-Bryan.